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" The book of legends = "
edited by Hayim Nahman Bialik and Yehoshua Hana Ravnitzky ; translated by William G. Braude ; introduction by David Stern.
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BL
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635525
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dltt
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| Uniform Title
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Sefer ha-agadah.English.
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The book of legends = : Sefer ha-aggadah : legends from the Talmud and Midrash /\ edited by Hayim Nahman Bialik and Yehoshua Hana Ravnitzky ; translated by William G. Braude ; introduction by David Stern.
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New York :: Schocken Books,, c1992.
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xxii, 897 p. ;; 29 cm.
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0805241132
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: 9780805241136
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| Notes
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Translation of: Sefer ha-agadah.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Proem -- The work of creation and the first generations -- The deeds of the fathers -- Israel in Egypt and the departure from Egypt -- Israel in the wilderness -- Judges, kings, and prophets -- The destruction of the First Temple -- The era between the First and Second Temples -- The Second Temple: its structure and its services -- The destruction of the Second Temple and of the land -- The deeds of the sages -- Israel and the nations of the world -- The land of Israel -- Language -- Exile -- Redemption and the days of the Messiah -- In the time-to-come -- Torah -- Wisdom, prophecy, and song -- Sabbath, feasts, and fasts -- The Holy One, blessed be He, and relations between human beings and Him who is everywhere -- Good and evil -- Man and his needs -- A man's household -- Between man and man -- Traits and attitudes -- The community, the state and their requirements -- The world and all that it holds -- Matters pertaining to divination and healing -- Parables, proverbs, and sayings -- A miscellany.
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Aggada-- Translations into English.
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Midrash-- Translations into English.
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Jewish legends.
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| Dewey Classification
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296.1/420521
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BM516.B52E5 1992
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Bialik, Hayyim Nahman,1873-1934.
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Rawnitzki, Yehoshua Ḥana,1859-1944.
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Braude, William G., (William Gordon),1907-1988.
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